Installation-guide.md

@@ -105,6 +105,34 @@ Stopping the application
 Performing tests
 ================
 
+Running the tests
+-----------------
+
 1. Execute ./yafits test
 
-This will generate a report file in the Yafits home directory
+This will generate a report file in the Yafits home directory
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+
+Configuring the tests
+---------------------
+
+The configuration is done through the .yafits.bashrc file.
+
+# contains reference json files against which the tests will be performed
+export YAFITS_REFDIR=/obs/partemix/yafits_tmp/REF
+
+# contains the test json files
+export YAFITS_OBJDIR=/obs/partemix/yafits_tmp/OBJ
+
+# if true, a json data file will be created in YAFITS_OBJDIR for each opened data cube
+export YAFITSV_TESTMODE=true
+
+How it works
+------------
+
+All the files existing in YAFITS_REFDIR will be compared to the file with the same name in YAFITS_OBJDIR
+The result of the comparison will be stored in a report file in the home directory of Yafits
+
+
+
+